Secretariat
The Secretariat of the Earth League is distributed among the Global Futures Laboratory at Arizona State University in the United States (ASU), the Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS) at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany (PIK).
Close coordination within the Secretariat and among fellows ensures a truly integrated management of the Earth League’s concerns, ideas and endeavours.
Co-Chairs
Johan Rockström
Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate
Impact Research
Germany
Johan Rockström is an internationally recognized scientist on global sustainability issues, who led the development of the Planetary Boundaries framework.
Peter Schlosser
Vice President and Vice Provost of Global
Futures, Arizona State University
Impact Research
United States
Peter Schlosser is one of the world’s leading earth scientists, with expertise in earth’s hydrosphere and how humans affect the planet’s natural state.
Staff
Clea Edwards
Research Scientist, Global Futures Laboratory, Arizona State University
United States
With a background in institutions that work at the boundary between knowledge and action for sustainability, Clea comes to the Earth League after several years in public charter school administration.
Paula Mirazo
Assistant Research Professional, Global Futures Laboratory, Arizona State University
United States
Paula joins the Earth League after several years of working for the United Nations in Latin America. She has published works with ECLAC and UNIDO. Paula’s research interests focus on the social dimensions of climate change and the just transition.
Henry Wu
Scientific Officer, Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS), an institution of Helmholtz Center Hereon
Henry joins the Earth League after decades of experience in leading state-of-the-art ocean-climate research from the South Pacific to the Caribbean. He has now turned his focus to working at the science-policy interface and science communication.
